Recipe courtesy of Sandro Manzo

Ragu Alla Napoletana

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
  • Total: 3 hr 55 min
  • Prep: 25 min
  • Cook: 3 hr 30 min
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Ingredients

1/2 cup pine nuts, coarsely chopped

1/2 cup raisins, coarsely chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 pounds beef chuck, cut into slices 1/8-inch thick

Kosher salt and ground black pepper

5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 small onion, thinly sliced

4 cups water

1/4 cup red wine

2 large (35-ounce) cans of high quality plum tomatoes

1 small can tomato paste

Cooked ziti or penne

Grated Parmesan, for serving

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, combine pine nuts, raisins and garlic. Lay meat slices on a work surface, and season them lightly on both sides with salt and pepper. Sprinkle pine nut and raisin mixture on 1 side of the slices. Roll slices up and secure them with a toothpick or tie them with kitchen string. Place them in a large, deep saute pan and add oil, onion and 4 cups of water. Place over medium heat and simmer, uncovered, until water has evaporated, about 1 1/4 hours.
  2. Continue cooking, turning meat rolls with tongs, until meat is lightly browned on all sides. Add wine to pan and cook until evaporated. Drain tomatoes, reserving juice, and coarsely chop tomatoes. Add tomatoes, reserved juice and tomato paste to pan and bring to a simmer. Cook until sauce is very thick, about 2 hours.
  3. Remove meat from pan with tongs, remove toothpicks or cut string, and place meat on a serving platter. Season sauce with salt and pepper, and pour it over ziti or penne. Serve with meat and grated Parmesan on the side.

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KEN W.

I just made this dish for the first time tonight, and it turned out unbelievably tasty. It nearly brought me to tears. A couple notes: <br />1. The long cook time may seem prohibitive, but most of it is stovetop simmering requiring minimal supervision. Furthermore, I cut the quantities in half and the cook time shortened as well, to &lt;1.5 hr total. <br />2. Season sparingly, since there's a lot of reduction in the process.

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